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Ol Grizz stepped it up a notch tonight. I have been intentionally hunting him solo again and making things a bit more difficult to hopefully up his independence and track driving ability. Tonight he showed me he's the professor.

After 3 solid days of rain, which produced about 4", the clouds finally broke about noon today, so we loaded up after church tonight and took off. The ground is saturated, the trees are soaked and the creeks are very swollen and fast moving.

He took off like a bandit as usual and struck a track at about 225. He worked it great but not a ton of track mouth which told me it wasn't exactly fresh. After watching the garmin I heard him get even quieter and had no idea why, the area he was checking was actually open and flat. It finally hit me that he was trying to find a place to cross the bulging, fast moving creek. In no time he somehow made it across, picked the track back up and moved it through a huge mess of massive pine and hemlock blow downs. He then gave those 2 wonderful tenor bawl locates and began his steady tree chop. I struggled for over 30 minutes to find a place to cross, I was hunting alone and really didn't want to drown. I somehow made it across and up the rock cliff mess to his tree. The coon wouldn't look but I found him high atop the almost dead hemlock stretched out to one side. I have yet to give Grizz a coon since season opened and he definitely earned this one so out it came.

But as I suspected, the creek had risen another 6" or so by then so my boots got filled with water...but it's all in a night and worth every bit of the discomfort.

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Sounds good.Glad Griz is showing he can get it done on all types of tracks.Ken is getting things lined up over there and should get pretty hot over that way.Keep up the good work guys!

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Just seeing how lucy doing and tell you ol grizz is looking sharp

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Lucy is doing great she is getting tune up; Paul I love her Mouth she has big loud mouth that you can hear for a long way off hope to start nite hunting her this spring, not going to breed her right now.

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Got my shine pup last week good looking pup Brian an Paula done a great job on these pups; for a 14 week pup he has a big mouth can't Wait to get him in the woods: I think he will add to my an Adam & Eli kennel:

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Got my shine pup last week good looking pup Brian an Paula done a great job on these pups; for a 14 week pup he has a big mouth can't Wait to get him in the woods: I think he will add to my an Adam & Eli kennel:

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A flashback of a former hound here at Shew's Hillbilly Redbones:

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quote:

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A flashback of a former hound here at Shew's Hillbilly Redbones:

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I always liked the looks on Thunder in your old ads. He had a good pedigree to as I recall.

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Thanks Chris; thunder was a good looking hound an a good one an I sure miss him:

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Grizz's favorite youth handler got his first buck last week...

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Thats awesome Adam,those are some of the best memories you will ever make!

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Why to go Eli, I Guess you had to show your dad how to get a Big One;Old Grizz is missing you come by an see him or we will have to take him out for a hunt:

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Thats awesome Adam,those are some of the best memories you will ever make!

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Happy Thanksgiving to all you Redbone hunters out there: take time to give thanks for the blessings of the Lord he has put up on us: my I ask a question what are you thankful for this year: I am thankful for the salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ: I am thankfull for the blessings the Lord has put up on me and my Family: and I am also thankful for my Redbone Friends: let someone know what you're thankful for: we all have a lot to be thankful for:Ken Shew

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I wanted to share my nephew's first turkey from the spring, Mr. Fisher Shew.

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The Box call that Fisher used to get this big bird he help make at my dad woodcarving shop; they work great as you can see: why to go Fisher:

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If you won't to get you a Big Bird this Spring than you need a Shew's hillbilly Box Call:as you can they do work:

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If you won't to get you a Big Bird this Spring than you need a Shew's hillbilly Box Call:as you can they do work:

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A hunt from last week with Grizz and my newest addition, Grizz's sister Lucy. Ran this one up a huge hemlock but we got him to look!

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Looks good Ken!

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Hey Kenneth it was nice to meet you tonight and griz looks like a nice hound good luck with him!!!

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Thanks Robbie it was nice meeting you too and I had a great time hope we can do it again sometime:

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Ken you should get with Adam and hunt Grizz with that big ladies world champion he has out there,I would be interested in seeing how Grizz stacks up against him.

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Brian, I appreciate the kind comments.

I think highly of Grizz, we spent a ton of time together, just me, him and the darkness. But, I actually explained to Shane that since Mac would be here but a short while I would afford him the same hard work that I did for Mr. Ken, which means mostly alone time.

That said, I'd say I easily put 45 days in Grizz before he ever seen another dog on my time. I know how extremely helpful that is and was for him to also get some education in this terrain. Then, we made our way to NTCH.

I'm no self proclaimed trainer, and I'm not paid, and I don't wanna be. I just really enjoy hunting and really enjoy good dog work. I also have exclusive access to much more land than nearly anyone around me so I can spread out my coverage and that helps any dog as well. That might be because a lot of said land is not for the weak of heart...or lungs...or legs. Ha. Just ask Ken.

Anyhow, this is Ken's thread so I'll shut up. Ken is keeping Grizz in the woods and in shape, we talk about every other day. And I also hear he got a new shine pup that can rattle the Windows already!

I hope everyone has a great Christmas.

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